Ollie Watkins fit be next Aston Villa player to comot for this summer transfer window. Unai Emery, the club manager, don confam say offers don come for the England striker, and e no fit guarantee say Watkins go stay.
Emery talk say Al-Hilal, the Saudi Arabia club, don make offers for Watkins. “We have an issue with him, it’s clear. He is our player. We have had offers for him,” Emery yarn. “I don’t want to sell him but it can change because if it’s a good option for him and the club and I can replace him in the squad, this is the routine we have and we did before with the players who are leaving.”
Villa don already lose plenty key players this summer. Ezri Konsa dey move to Arsenal for £51m, while Morgan Rogers join Chelsea for record £117m. Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne also dey leave the club before the transfer window close.
Emery still rate Watkins well well. E say: “With Ollie, he is here, for me he is a fantastic striker, we have always believed in him. Now he is our player, there are 10 days more or less to finish the transfer window, we will see what happens, I’m happy with him, if he is staying with us he will continue playing his level.” He add say if Watkins go, e go be say e good for three sides: the player, the club, and the team.
Watkins don score 108 goals for Villa since e join from Brentford for £28m for 2020. E be the club record Premier League scorer. But with Al-Hilal dey press, and Watkins dey interested in new challenge for Saudi Pro League, e fit still comot.
If Watkins and goalkeeper Emi Martinez finish comot, Villa go don sell six of the starting XI wey win Europa League two months ago. Martinez move to Juventus don collapse because the clubs no fit agree fee. Villa instead sign Japan international Zion Suzuki from Parma for £30m as new number one goalkeeper.
Martinez no go dey for squad for Sunday Premier League opener against Brighton because e just return from post-World Cup break and only do one training session. Emery talk about the goalkeeping situation: “We have two excellent goalkeepers, of course we signed Suzuki not for the future but for now. He showed his capacity to get his performance to our level. He will need to adapt to us but he is playing at this level.”
Emery also explain Martinez situation: “Martinez transmitted to us the possibility to have another challenge in his career. Even last year, he was thinking in case he can have one possibility to change for his challenges. He didn’t do it last year and he performed fantastic with us. This year, again, he transmitted us the possibility to have another challenge and we decided to sign Suzuki because I think he’s a fantastic goalkeeper.”
